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10-08-2009, 12:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 46
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Sad Newsl Al Bentsen.
Very sad news. The legendary master of the rigged eel of Long Island and Cape Cod has passed away. R.I.P. Mr. Bentsen.
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10-08-2009, 12:27 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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When I restarted building plugs a few years back he contacted me about the Frech Banana copy I was trying to get right and provided me with a lot of helpful information. He was a man who truely loved fishing and shared what he learned to help others. Someone to emulate.
I'll make some extra casts in his memory tonight, I think that's what he would want.
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10-08-2009, 12:29 PM
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Clear a path!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: E.G. R.I.
Posts: 15
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Wow. Never met the man, but his reputation precedes him. R.I.P Al.
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10-08-2009, 12:39 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Rest In Peace, Al. We owe a lot of what we do to you.
Thank you
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-08-2009, 12:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
Posts: 2,264
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He was pretty active on another board in Frank D's forum... A great guy who was shared a lot of his knowledge with others.
Tight Lines Al
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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10-08-2009, 12:48 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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A Little Rememberance....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-08-2009, 12:57 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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wow too bad. RIP Al.
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10-08-2009, 01:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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We lost a great one. R.I.P. Al
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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10-08-2009, 01:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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Sad news indeed. A few years back Al contacted me because of my interest in needlefish plug history. Al wanted me to be aware of some of his knowledge and gave me some historic insight into needlefish history that he knew. We became friends through email and a few phone calls. I finally had the opportunity to meet him when my daughter played in a travel team softball tournament on Long Island. I told him I'd be at a particular field on a Friday evening. As I was watching a game a few other parents told me that an older gent was walking through the stands looking for someone named Dennis. I went over and introduced myself and it was like we knew each other forever. We sat down together and watched two games in a light rain. The whole time we talked about surf fishing for striped bass. As we spoke I could see the twinkle in his eyes and knew he loved this pastime as much as I. His eyes turned sad as he related that his health wasn't the greatest and how tough it was for him to find local areas to fish that had convenient parking so he didn't have to walk far. I really felt bad for him as I could envision that happening to myself as I get older. After the game we shook hands and promised to keep in touch. I never did meet him again but over the years we traded secrets and insights as only dyed in the wool surfcasters can. I feel so fortunate to have met Al Bentsen - I'm going to miss him.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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10-08-2009, 01:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: LI, NY
Posts: 392
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Sad indeed. The fishing world lost another great one. Learned how to rig eels from Al. He was a really good man and will be missed by many.
Rest in peace friend.
Kadir
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10-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: near water
Posts: 208
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thoughts and prayers for him and his family. A true legend in the sport of surfcasting for stripers.
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10-08-2009, 02:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Derby, Ct.
Posts: 1,234
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Fair thee well, and rest easy in the arms of the Almighty.
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IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU FALL FOR EVERYTHING
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10-08-2009, 03:50 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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Lo, there do I see my father.
Lo, there do I see my mother.
Lo, there do I see my sisters
and my brothers.
I see the line of my people
back to the beginning.
They do call to me to take my place
in the halls of Valhalla
where the brave may live forever.
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Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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10-08-2009, 03:51 PM
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Surfcaster
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 834
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R.I.P. AL B.
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10-08-2009, 04:00 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Anothe year of loosing some of the great surfmen of our time. Not many left and getting fewer by the day.
R.I.P. Al. Tight lines , fair winds and high tides my friend.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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10-08-2009, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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Al was a pioneer here on the outer Cape and a heavy influence on an old friend of mine who once used to drive 8 hours each way from Staten Island to fish a single tide in Provincetown. The senior angler is feeling a little more lonely tonight out in Truro as another of the old guard of the glory days of surfcasting on the great back beaches of the Cape has made his last cast here on this earth.
Knowing that his wife of many years passed on within the last year or so his spirit probably wanted to go with her and finally did.
When I was writing the piece on Arnold Laine he called me out of the blue and offered any assistance he could in gathering facts or pictures if I needed, we had a long talk. I kept calling him Mr. Bentsen, and he kept telling me to call him Al. I couldn't call him Al, I was in awe that he would have even called me. His first love was his wife and the lure of striped bass fishing and all that goes with it his mistress.
Thank you Mr. Bentsen and God bless you and may you rest in peace once again united with your loving wife.
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Why even try......... 
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10-08-2009, 04:47 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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RIP Al....
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10-08-2009, 04:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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R.I.P. Al.. I am sure if there are fish to be caught where you are, you are catching them...
If there was such a thing as a "surfcasters hall of fame", well, I think you are there now...
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10-08-2009, 05:02 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Back to C.Cod x'd Rangeley Me.
Posts: 922
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Another legend has Crossed To The Other Side...Rest in Peace Al.
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10-08-2009, 05:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Truro
Posts: 307
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A great guy who was always a gentleman, RIP Al.
Condolences to his family, who still come up this way to fish.
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10-08-2009, 05:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: North Kingstown, RI
Posts: 1,229
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A sad day indeed. RIP Al.
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10-08-2009, 06:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Warren Vt
Posts: 668
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RIP Al.
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10-08-2009, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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Sad to hear this.
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10-08-2009, 10:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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RIP Al..
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low & slow 37
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10-09-2009, 07:28 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,691
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Tight lines Al 
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10-09-2009, 07:54 AM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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Tight lines Al.
His chapters in "Secrets of Surfcasting at Night" have probably had more of an effect on my fishing than anything else I've read or any presentation I've seen
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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10-09-2009, 07:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 254
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rip alb31
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10-09-2009, 09:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,595
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My condolences to his family and everyone who was friends with Al
I was on the Vineyard fishing and when I got home today I was saddened with the news.
God Bless
Regards
VB
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10-09-2009, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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rest in peace Al of the old guard
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